Comments on: links for 2009-04-20 http://www.completetosh.com/weblog/2009/04/20/links-for-2009-04-20/ by Neil McIntosh Wed, 04 May 2011 13:45:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: REG CROWDER http://www.completetosh.com/weblog/2009/04/20/links-for-2009-04-20/comment-page-1/#comment-106641 REG CROWDER Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:10:29 +0000 http://www.completetosh.com/weblog/2009/04/20/links-for-2009-04-20/#comment-106641 There are realistic options for funding high-quality news content that are profoundly superior to going to the government and begging for money. I'd like to make sure the world knows there are some very real alternatives to Peter Preston's idea of an internet license fee. Communities are key in building websites' advertiser support By Robert Niles Posted: 2009-04-21 http://www.ojr.org/ojr/people/robert/200904/1700/ Do we really need large organizations to do good journalism? By Robert Niles Posted: 2009-04-24 http://www.ojr.org/ojr/people/robert/200904/1703/ New grassroots life for investigative reporting? By David Westphal Posted: 2009-04-09 http://www.ojr.org/ojr/people/davidwestphal/200904/1693/ And for more, a good place to start would be the Home Page for the Knight Digital Media center, at this URL: http://www.knightdigitalmediacenter.org/ Enjoy! There are realistic options for funding high-quality news content that are profoundly superior to going to the government and begging for money. I’d like to make sure the world knows there are some very real alternatives to Peter Preston’s idea of an internet license fee.

Communities are key in building websites’ advertiser support
By Robert Niles
Posted: 2009-04-21

http://www.ojr.org/ojr/people/robert/200904/1700/

Do we really need large organizations to do good journalism?
By Robert Niles
Posted: 2009-04-24

http://www.ojr.org/ojr/people/robert/200904/1703/

New grassroots life for investigative reporting?
By David Westphal
Posted: 2009-04-09

http://www.ojr.org/ojr/people/.....0904/1693/

And for more, a good place to start would be the Home Page for the Knight Digital Media center, at this URL:

http://www.knightdigitalmediacenter.org/

Enjoy!

]]> By: REG CROWDER http://www.completetosh.com/weblog/2009/04/20/links-for-2009-04-20/comment-page-1/#comment-105395 REG CROWDER Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:34:20 +0000 http://www.completetosh.com/weblog/2009/04/20/links-for-2009-04-20/#comment-105395 For me, the idea of an internet license fee is a non-starter. I have nothing against the BBC continuing to get its money. I think their shockingly Orwellian announcements warning that if you don't pay, they will hunt you down like dog, are utterly suicidal for the BBC. It just shows you how destructive it is to one's own ethical values to get money from the people by using government power. That's THEIR problem, not mine. But I digress. Funding news through a government tax would simply further isolate the news business from its audience. However, the concept is so out of touch with reality that I am confident it will disappear without a trace, in the blink of an eye. So, I'm not even going to bother arguing any further against it. However, there are serious people in this world giving this whole thing some serious thought. I recommend: "J-Schools Play Catchup" by Brian Stelter, The New York Times, April 14, 2009. This is the URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/education/edlife/journ-t.html?_r=5&pagewanted=all Don't be discouraged if The New York Times asks you for a little information, before they let you read it. They're just trying to make a living. Fill out their little form, if they insist, and you can read it for free. For me, the idea of an internet license fee is a non-starter. I have nothing against the BBC continuing to get its money. I think their shockingly Orwellian announcements warning that if you don’t pay, they will hunt you down like dog, are utterly suicidal for the BBC. It just shows you how destructive it is to one’s own ethical values to get money from the people by using government power. That’s THEIR problem, not mine.

But I digress.

Funding news through a government tax would simply further isolate the news business from its audience. However, the concept is so out of touch with reality that I am confident it will disappear without a trace, in the blink of an eye. So, I’m not even going to bother arguing any further against it.

However, there are serious people in this world giving this whole thing some serious thought. I recommend: “J-Schools Play Catchup” by Brian Stelter, The New York Times, April 14, 2009.

This is the URL:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04.....wanted=all

Don’t be discouraged if The New York Times asks you for a little information, before they let you read it. They’re just trying to make a living. Fill out their little form, if they insist, and you can read it for free.

]]> By: Armin http://www.completetosh.com/weblog/2009/04/20/links-for-2009-04-20/comment-page-1/#comment-104921 Armin Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:41:15 +0000 http://www.completetosh.com/weblog/2009/04/20/links-for-2009-04-20/#comment-104921 So who defines what is "serious, factual stuff"? Does that exclude some of the tabloids because a lot of what they report isn't serious and even less factual? What about all the opinion pages in the papers, will they be covered? And what about bloggers who actually do write about actual events and report about them? Do they get a slice of the cake? I regularly write about factual topics and "report" some of the things happening on Islay, does that mean I qualify even though I'm "only a blogger"? So who defines what is “serious, factual stuff”?

Does that exclude some of the tabloids because a lot of what they report isn’t serious and even less factual? What about all the opinion pages in the papers, will they be covered?

And what about bloggers who actually do write about actual events and report about them? Do they get a slice of the cake? I regularly write about factual topics and “report” some of the things happening on Islay, does that mean I qualify even though I’m “only a blogger”?

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